As are the plethora of other players there. But this thread has nothing to do with the 7 time Balón D'or winner. Or Neymar. It has to do with Ronaldo specifically.
Ronaldo leaving wouldn't be bad news though. Quite the opposite.
Goalscoring is very important, however it isn't everything.
Sure, but its still not as dramatic as you've suggested here.
Of course you don't replace the arguably best player in the world at 23, who is entering his physical peak, with someone who is already 37 and is nearly retiring.
It's a pretty drastic drop-off actually, because Mbappé is a much better player. And your sentence is pretty random. It isn't Ronaldo (whom PSG don't want) or nothing. They'll go for a great striker who offers a lot for the team and who will represent a lesser drop-off than signing Ronaldo would.
When we sold Ronnie back in late 2000s and replace him with Valencia, its quite a drastic drop-off too. But we still have to buy a replacement. What I am saying is, in terms of goalscoring, there's not much difference there. In terms of overall contribution on the pitch, of course there are. But who else are they going to sign who could replace both his numbers and overall contributions? Probably no one. So, they have got to be realistic and give in something, like we did with Valencia.
The bolded bit is what's key. There's a drastic drop-off. Almost every top forward in the top 5 leagues contributes more to their team's play than Ronaldo does. You don't lose Mbappé and replace him with someone who does contributes as little to his team as Ronaldo does. You go for better options.
Hmm, the guy who only seems to play when he feels like it? Not sure you’ve thought this through properly
There is no chance Haaland goes to PSG at this stage of his career, 0%, so you're right on that one.
This is just ridiculously stupid.
There's no way he's sticking around for Europa Conference League football. Cavani is also off, which leaves us with very few (or possibly zero) striker options.
I don't think that many on CAF would disagree with an idea of using Cristiano as a back up. However, this is not a realistic idea in the case of Cristiano who will want to still be the main man. If he ends up on the bench for a longer period, he will kick up the fuss. Nothing against him as this mentality made him the GOAT.
This keeps getting trotted out, but to where? No CL club who can afford his wage will want him. PSG is the only possibility, but the idea of Messi, Neymar, and Ronaldo working in a front 3... Yeah good luck.
Football wages are probably not a factor for him since they are a drop in the bucket compared to what he makes on the outside. He has the most IG followers in the world and charges $1M per advert there. He could easily set aside a day a week to shoot 3 ads and that alone would dwarf his football wages (and that’s before other non-IG ads he does).
That front three will be dreadful, but I still expect PSG to try it.
Best to put in mega bids for Lukaku and Werner. Striker problems solved for the next 5 years.
I doubt the 400k is a significant factor in the equation. He will want to compete first and foremost, while being revered.
Agree. I don't understand why people expect these guys to be so focused on wages at this point in their lives and careers.
Too much money ain’t enough money
Not sure you have the sort of money to say that with any authority
Can’t wait to get shot of him so I don’t have to read nonsense like this anymore.
Wouldn't be surprised if its BenzemaCan't wait to see what 30+ year old forward we'll sign in the summer.
Yeah
I think for quite a few it's a bit more nuanced. Most if not all of us bought into the romance of it (I certainly did) and he's obviously still got quality, but the major issue we have is that he doesn't have the physical capability of playing every game, 90 minutes, but that's what he wants. Now, we also have a manager who was strong enough to sub him off when he needed to but our most gifted young player for the last 25 years has evaporated into thin air and Cavani is always injured, leaving us seeing Ronnie playing 3 matches in one week where he has very limited impact.
He's an easy target. Even at his previous peak here, there was a contingent that didn't like him - the same ones who repeatedly scoffed at the idea that he should come back when he was peak CR7 at Madrid.
Wasn’t you the numpty saying McTominay and Rice was the same level.
It's an easy target bacause of many reason. Principal it's the wages he has. We could have at least 2 good players for those wages.
We still could have, had we not retained the likes of Cavani, Mata, Lingard, and any number of others. No need to blame the guy who has knocked in a majority of our goals this year.
